NAF Boss Charges 1,641 AFIT Graduands On Innovation 

The  Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao,  has stressed the need for innovational drive towards achieving meaningful development in Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the nation at large.
Amao, who stated this during the matriculation ceremony of 1,641 students of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in Kaduna State at the weekend, said by being innovative and focused, the students and staff would be value added agents to NAF facilities and engagements, translating to more development to Nigeria at large.
The Air Force boss noted  that the NAF had partnered with Osun State Government to build Africa’s first and largest aviation city in Ido-Osun.
He added that AFIT staff and students’ innovation would add value to the planned aviation city.
Amao, who urged the staff and students to remain focused and hardworking in order to reap the benefits in the future, congratulated the students and the Commandant whom he commended for what he described as the “giant strides in his leadership of the Institute”.
“The Institute wears a new look as the buildings are renovated and many wear a facelift. I encourage you with the maxim that says the reward for hard work is more work,”  he said.
Earlier, Commandant of AFIT, AVM Muhammed Yakubu, said the Institute ran a tripartite system, offering National Board for Teaching Education and National Universities Commission’s accredited courses, as well as military technical programmes.
Yakubu restated the Institute’s zero tolerance for drug abuse, cultism, indecent dressing, theft, examination malpractice, and sexual harrasment.
He also urged the students to build acceptable character that would become an asset to them when searching for jobs or when they set up as entrepreneurs.